After being forced to step down, the once-annoying nun eloped with me.

Therefore, bunkers will be key to this war. It is strongly recommended that the United Nations consider bunkers when constructing their fortifications…

Therefore, Elena's overall assessment of demons is still "relatively weak." However, she ultimately expressed her concern: that the demons might take the United Nations' army as a model, thereby transforming the demons, who were originally in a "primitive" stage, into terrifying "modern" demons.

This is also what Yang Hao is most worried about.

After all, every elf and Bayerzans was a precious citizen. If possible, he hoped that his people would not suffer any meaningful losses in this Eden War—ultimately, it would be best if the demons could remain in their "primitive" state forever. But... who could guarantee that the demons would continue to be so foolish?

So what Yang Hao wanted to ask was—

How can we prevent the demons from learning our tactics?

Yang Hao's question caused the synthetic doll to fall silent for a moment.

She gazed at the magical dolls in the distance, busily preparing for the next round of seawater extraction and the restart of artificial magic. Then she looked down at the papers on the table, and finally pointed to Yang Hao's face:

"Explanation: The demon's learning requires distance."

"distance?"

Yang Hao was taken aback, and then watched as Elena got up and walked to a position about two meters away to his left.

"Explanation: If we consider the physical distance between us, at this distance, if I were the [Demon], then the [Demon] could not learn anything from you—in other words, this safe distance requires approximately 200 meters."

"In other words, the demons are capable of learning within 200 meters?"

He frowned. A safe distance of 200 meters was still rather short for the current combat distances of the United Nations.

While the elves could easily fire accurately from over 800 meters away, the vast majority of the mortal Bayerzians could only fire accurately at a range of about 400 meters using the sights on their Bayerzians rifles.

The distance between 400 meters and 200 meters is a distance that a demon can cross in just a few breaths—especially considering that elites like elven archers, who can make accurate shots at extremely long distances, are now few and far between in the army. Perhaps Yang Hao should consider using more machine gun Golems and howitzer Golems to fill the firepower gap between 400 meters and 800 meters?

Furthermore, the barbed wire may need to be laid in several more layers... But then again, if all demons can study from a distance of 200 meters, there's nothing we can do to stop them from learning.

what can we do about it?

Yang Hao fell into deep thought.

Elena, after returning to her position, looked at Yang Hao's face with even more curiosity and said:

"Suggestion: If you really don't want the demons to learn, perhaps letting them make wrong judgments is a good tactic."

"A wrong judgment?"

Explanation: It means disguise—to disguise a magical weapon as a physical weapon, or a physical weapon as a magical weapon.

In this way, even if the demons successfully learn, they will be harmed because they learn incorrect knowledge. After all, the trigger mechanism of a physical weapon and the charging mechanism of a magical weapon are completely different. They cannot coexist, but the demons might subconsciously try to make them coexist.

"...I see."

Explanation: In addition to this, there is...

......

Elena talked incessantly with Yang Hao about all the possibilities and preparations to avoid the demons' training. They discussed many things, from the most basic weapon camouflage to physically shielding the demons' eyes, and even the final act of deliberately letting melee fighters engage the demons in hand-to-hand combat to make the demons think the war was still primitive—a complete waste of time.

Overall, they discussed many tactics to fight the demons. Among them, Yang Hao only chose the tactic of [physically blocking vision].

To put it bluntly, this is similar to the nighttime defensive tactics of the US military on Earth—each infantryman is assigned their own field of fire, and if the enemy launches a night attack in complete darkness, they can simply fire wildly into their own field of fire.

Although doing so might cause some minor problems with the United Nations' ammunition logistics, Yang Hao believed that even if the loading machine had not yet been invented, those hardworking and capable logistics elves would definitely be able to meet the ammunition consumption of the machine gun Gorem and the Japa 1405 heavy machine gun...right?

He had a hallucination of Dr. Joseph being chained and swaying in the air. He instinctively shuddered, then sent word to the troops building fortifications at the front, instructing them to prepare a large number of tactical items that could create a smoke screen, and after a brief period of adjustment, they began preparing for the upcoming battle.

At that moment, the magical dolls who had been working on the artificial magic reactor stepped forward and said that they were all ready.

"Once the United Nations completes the construction of the base, we can extract seawater at any time, and once we have extracted more than 50 liters of seawater, we will immediately begin the restart of the artificial magic reactor."

The lead magical puppet engineer nodded to Elena.

"The artificial magic reactor will take about half an hour to restart. During the restart time, all our magic networks will be disabled, and most of the magical dolls will choose to enter [hibernation] state to avoid magic consumption."

By then, aside from a specific force of magical puppets, Eden will be unable to offer any assistance in the war against the demonic invasion—until our artificial magic reactor is fully restarted.

"Once the artificial magic reactor is restarted, can you provide fire support?" Finn asked on Yang Hao's behalf. "After all, although we can hold out for a while, that's only on the defensive. When attacking the Demon Mother's Nest, we still need your help, not you waiting for our victory in the library."

Although the United Nations has deployed over ten thousand troops in Eden, these ten thousand elite soldiers are ultimately best suited for defensive warfare. Their expertise in defense doesn't mean they are adept at offense—moreover, what sense is there in wasting their own lives attacking the Demon Mother's Lair for the sake of other nations?

No matter how high the benefits of helping Eden might be, if Eden truly intends to reap the rewards without sowing, then in Finn's opinion, it would be better to simply conquer Eden altogether...

Although it was just a thought, Finn ultimately hated this behavior—if the Kingdom of Eden really wouldn't even send someone to make a show of it, then it would be more practical to sever ties and conquer it by force.

Finn's doubts were ultimately addressed by Elena's personal assurance:

"Confirmed: The Kingdom of Eden will power up the Colossus Weapons in preparation for the upcoming battle against the Brood after restarting the artificial magic reactor. But until then, we can only provide limited assistance."

"That's good. Please get ready. We will send you a signal as soon as the position is completed."

"grateful."

Amidst the cold, bowed thanks from the synthetic doll girl, Yang Hao and the others left the underground area of ​​the library.

After arriving on the surface and reuniting with the black dragon Nia, they climbed onto the dragon's back to survey the situation of the ground positions from the air, while also taking in the lair of the northern demon mother nest—a lair that emitted a red glow throughout.

The mother nest in Eden looked much healthier than the mother nest beneath Bayerzans when it was alive, and you could even see from a great distance that the mother nest was reproducing at a rapid pace.

It was like someone who had eaten five meals of Wallace's colos suddenly having a massive bowel movement in the toilet—just as Yang Hao was thinking this, he saw the front-line positions in the distance send out the "Ready" signal to them.

“Let’s begin.” He turned and patted Finn’s hand. “Let’s land as well—it’s time to test the results of our troops during this period.”

"Is this also preparation for the upcoming invasion of Roman?"

Fen smiled.

"Correct."

They landed on the ground, and with the signal from the United Nations, the massive pipeline prepared by the Edenians, which stretched from the sky into the depths of the sea, began to draw seawater.

As hundreds of tons of seawater were slowly drawn in, a long roar echoed from the demon's lair in the distance.

Now that the healthy maternal nest has been completely freed from the pressure of falling from the sky, it is breeding demon offspring at a rate of tens of thousands of larvae spewing out every minute.

In an environment with a high concentration of magic, the local demons have even evolved organs for feeding on magic. Although feeding on magic is much less efficient than feeding on flesh and blood, it is still enough for most larvae to evolve into jackal-sized larvae.

The demons' goal is to completely destroy the artificial magic reactor of the Kingdom of Eden—only by destroying that reactor can the demons completely defeat the remaining Edenites and turn this continent into a home for demons.

Only in this way can they allow their race to enter the next stage of evolution, and completely evolve from barbarism into civilization.

"Roar!!!"

The towering quasi-Titan demon led the charge, leading a large number of high-ranking demons and their offspring towards the ruins of the city. They were confident of the battle to come, for their magic-resistant skin had reached a level that could completely reflect magic.

They were no longer afraid of any magical attacks—just as the demons were thinking this, several objects trailing fiery tails rose from behind the distant city ruins, growing larger and larger as they reached their peak...

So what exactly is it?

The demons watched in bewilderment as the thing fell above their heads.

Then they saw it—

It exploded.

Chapter 9: The Final Battle Between the Kingdom of Eden and the Demons - 1/5 8K

In the distance, the booming sound of cannons echoed from the United Nations front. Elena raised her head slightly and looked towards the direction leading to the surface. She then chose to stay at the artificial magic reactor to wait for it to restart and to test the subsequent cycles.

It was at this moment that Alexander, the magical doll in charge of restarting the artificial magic reactor, said that the next steps required extra caution.

“50 liters of seawater is just a necessary condition for restarting.” He patted the outer shell of the artificial magic reactor, observing through the transparent casing the massive magic-generating equipment inside and the surrounding storage tanks used to fill with seawater. “Normal operation will require a large amount of seawater. Before we successfully make the artificial magic on the floating continent dense enough to completely repair the magic network, we will probably need to consume tens of thousands of tons of seawater to stop…”

The artificial magic reactor in the Kingdom of Eden is a powerful magic production device.

Strictly speaking, its most important aspect is not simply the production of magic power, but rather the ability to simulate the magic power circulation mechanism on this planet and directly create its own artificial magic power ecosystem in the region.

In this ecosystem, artificial magic will cycle through production, use, transformation into magical residue, and reproduction. Once this cycle is established, the artificial magic reactor will no longer need to draw large amounts of seawater for magic production.

After all, the Edenites knew very well that an overproduction of magic would only bring disaster. So they followed a path of "cycle"—but no matter how cyclical, the foundation was still the production of enough magic.

That's why Alexander was worried. After all, who knows what big problems might arise when magic is mass-produced?

"The ecology on the surface of this planet is no longer what it was thousands of years ago—it's hard to guarantee that the seawater extracted now will be as magical as it used to be... So theoretically, we may not be able to completely restart the artificial magic reactor within half an hour, and it's also hard to ensure that the magic network can be rebuilt in the short term... But at least we can be sure that we have to keep going."

"affim."

"Sigh. If only you could learn more about how humans speak... Ah, the sea is coming."

Alexander sighed, touched Elena's artificial white hair, and then the seawater they had been waiting for was finally drawn up from the ocean below.

Seawater passed through transparent pipes into the inspection channel, where a preliminary inspection was conducted. The magical dolls then declared that the seawater below met the conditions for magical energy production. However, perhaps due to the Siren of the West uprooting their continent, the ocean now, in some ways, contains even more magical energy than it did thousands of years ago.

The production of magic was not a problem, so Alexander decided to proceed immediately.

Listening to the cannon fire overhead, the scientist earnestly addressed all the daughters of Eden:

"Elena, when the artificial magic reactor restarts, you need to ensure His Majesty Yang Hao's safety for at least half an hour, understand?"

"...Confused? Why does he need me to protect him?" Elena tilted her head in puzzlement. "Question: Is it necessary for him to need our protection to this extent?"

“Of course. Elena. He’s no ordinary person—not only is he the current head of state of the United Nations of the Surface Nations of the continent of Elusia, but more importantly, he seems to be related to the [World Consciousness] we’ve been researching... And I don’t know if it’s just my imagination, but I always feel that there’s a divine power constantly entwining him. A power that’s different from magic... weak, but unwavering.”

"...I understand. Simply put, is it because its value is too high that I need to protect it personally?"

“Yes. You can understand it that way, but more importantly... His Majesty Yang Hao is able to treat you as an equal. I can see that.”

"...Puzzled?"

"He will not discriminate against you in any way because of your special birth—the elf and the Listeners of the new era don't seem to do the same, but ultimately, one of the important reasons why they do not discriminate against you is because of his lack of discrimination."

"...I'm puzzled. But I'm not bothered by it at all."

“But we will. Elena. No parent wants to see their child discriminated against.”

Alexander ruffled Elena's hair. Seeing Elena's puzzled expression, Alexander sighed heavily and watched as the extracted seawater began to flow into the seawater tank of the artificial reactor through another pipe.

Due to special circumstances, Elena was born in a special era and in a special way, and naturally, she did not have the childhood that a normal life would have.

Even demon larvae receive care from both the young and high-ranking demons when they are first born, but Elena never received the slightest bit of care.

It's not that the people of Eden didn't love her, but rather that the people of Eden were in dire straits themselves, and more importantly, Elena was created specifically for the purpose of war.

Her current state, so utterly inhuman, and her lack of emotional intelligence, has become a source of deep pain for every Edenite. The Edenites want to compensate Elena with a normal and fulfilling life, but they don't know how best to do so...

Under normal circumstances, it might take Elena a long time to interact with other normal humans before she could awaken biological emotions—but the surface creatures would definitely be terrified of Elena, a life form born from machines, and thus treat her extremely poorly.

After all, no religion seems to recognize the legitimacy of "mechanical life"—they believe that only life born from the womb is legitimate, which is why the Eden people are so helpless.

But... coming from the surface, His Majesty Yang Hao didn't care at all about Elena's origins, she didn't even look like a native of this world, yet she gave the people of Eden hope.